The owners of the power plant say it will close no later than june of 2019. Thank you for being here was. The 43 year old plant is in need of millions of dollars of repairs and renovations and has the lowest safety marks in the country. Our laural reporter the plan operators will be speaking at News Conference about the shutdown, we spoke this morning with the president of entergy, the company that runs pilgrim. New england isnt a good place for them to do business. The plant has been controversial for years. The decision to shut it down by june of 2019 is still sudden. The president of the company says in the past year, gas prices are down a dollar, Energy Prices down 10. The economics dont work anymore. Of over 40 million, a year, in revenue for the facility. Thats the number one driver of the decision. Governor baker says losing pilgrim as a significant Power Generator not only pose as shortage, but highlights the thed for clean reliable affordable proposal. Pilgrim safety rating ha
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Jon . Reporter we are at the radisson hotel. The owners of the power plant are expected to hold a News Conference notice next couple of minutes to discuss the decision. They call it a very, very difficult one. The pilgrim plant will close by june of 2019. Boston edison opened pilgrim back in 1972 at a cost of 230 million. Entergy corp. Bought the plant in 1999 and has been under pressure to spend millions on safety upgrades. A month ago, the nrc downgraded the plants safety rating. The company says Energy Prices are depressed and lowcost natural gas is flooding the market. Making it hard for the plant to make money. In fact, pilgrim is expected to lose money over the next few years. Certainly, a lot of people were disappointed and sad. You know, the company has committed to helping them through the process. We still have a couple of years to figure out plans for them. As of right now, it is a sad day. Reporter governor baker released a statement saying the announcement presents a chall
Rescue operation. The man pinned in his own seat in the make ed mess. Rescuers telling 7 they tried to keep the driver calm by talking to him the entire time. Finally, getting him out though after nearly two hours, Fire Fighters say they were getting. Were not leaving until he comes out. Reporter become out here live in peabody at the scene where a dump truck rolled over inside. You can see they are lifting up this truck. Now the front of that cab completely crushed. That driver was able to get out alive after about two hours. He has lots of broken bones, is pretty banged up and is at the hospital. People say they hope he is going to be okay. Reporting live, kelly ohara, 7 news. Anchor 7 news now turning to your forecast. A Beautiful Day in boston. Maybe you were lucky enough to have today off and get outside and enjoy this great weather, but the rest of the week will be a little bit cooler with a pete, when can we need those up bringas . Showers may get to us by morning, liz and they